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A little support can go a long way in the startup world. Fledgling companies are constantly in need of advice, mentorship, and most importantly, capital. Without help, a lot of these startups become one in a long line of failed companies that didn’t have…

In recent decades, the internet has gone from delightfully convenient perk of the tech community to an undeniable necessity for human life. Everything from work communications and bank transactions to personal calendars and family photos are now stored on the web, making the internet…

As an entrepreneur, the prospect of starting up internationally can be a pretty scary one. In addition to not knowing the language or the social expectations of a business owner, a foreign economy can be a fickle, confusing thing to get a handle on….

Startup ecosystems throughout the U.S. have been well-documented, and it is clear that Silicon Valley has been a major inspiration for the development of these important tech centers. However, the rest of the world is also putting a lot of time, energy and money…

LG Electronics is now selling a mosquito-repelling TV in India. Though the set was in development before the Zika virus outbreak, the South Korea-based electronics company only has plans to release the TV in the Philippines and Sri Lanka, according to an official for the…

It’s hard to believe in our constantly connected world that there are over a billion people, just in India, who do not have access to the internet. Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, is making real plans to change that. Pichai, who grew up in India, and rode…

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos just announced the company’s intention to invest an additional $3 billion in India, bringing their commitment to a $5 billion total. The funds will go towards helping Indian startups in addition to funding Amazon’s own expansion into the region. The web…

The market for financial services in India is huge and untapped. India now accounts for nearly a fifth of the world’s population without bank accounts. However it’s also one of the largest growing mobile markets in the worlds with 80% of adults having a mobile…

Sanjay Vijayakumar is himself a startup founder, but he’s also an ecosystem founder. He spent years embedded inside India’s startup culture and realized along the way that, compared to Silicon Valley, the ecosystem in India was rather weak. Despite the lack of infrastructure though,…

It’s no secret that India is in the midst of an extraordinary long-term growth phase. The World Bank estimates that the country will be the world’s fastest growing emerging economy by 2017; the IMF agrees but predicts that it will happen even earlier. A…